21.   It would go before the House and Senate for a first reading on Friday and will be sent to committees on Monday.

22.   Lawmakers gave it a green light in their first reading of the bill.

23.   Lane still describes the first reading of a play and the first preview as the two most exciting nights in the theater.

24.   On first reading, even Hung bristled.

25.   On first reading, the executive order successfully distinguishes between good and bad uses of genetics.

26.   On Thursday it will reveal the first reading on first-quarter gross domestic product.

27.   Other friends would never consider assembling or operating a new gadget without first reading the entire instruction manual and following the directions step by step.

28.   She recently gave her first reading, an appearance with other first novelists at a conference in Vermont.

29.   Second, the opposition Socialists allowed the measure to slip through its first reading in the French Parliament last month practically without debate.

30.   Slovenia hopes to pass a law sometime in the spring, while the Czech government just sent a draft law for its first reading in Parliament.